Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Seattle Times: Hospitals care for hundreds of Medicaid patients others won’t take: “…hundreds of Medicaid patients in Washington state each year who — despite no longer needing hospitalization — have occupied hospital rooms for a month or longer while trying to find a nursing home or other facility to take them in.” A Seattle Times investigation has found at least 2,025 such cases from 2000 to 2008. Overall price tag: $461 million.